Official Smallville Season Eight Spoiler Thread

[wamdue]

Completely in the vein of St Elsewhere... Smallville is fake. It's a trap built by the Time trapper to destroy the legion of Super Heroes. Although, when you really get down to it, for the first couple years, wasn't Clark... Superboy Prime? Has Superboy Prime's rollicking over the last couple years been DC giving Smallville the Bird?

yeah its an interesting theory, but I think that ending is going to confuse a few people

 

[Samurai8472]

TV guide interview
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Smallville-Preview-1/800043585

There's so much Smallville action coming up in Season 8 (premiering Sept. 18, at 8 pm/ET) that TVGuide.com broke its Q&A with three of the executive producers into two parts. First up, Darren Swimmer shares a look at new developments for Chloe, ponders Clark's heritage, and hints at more guest stars from other Superman productions. — Michael Maloney

TVGuide.com: Fans are thrilled that Allison Mack (Chloe) is back this season. With Lana no longer a regular character on the canvas, might the door open for a Clark/Chloe romance?
Darren Swimmer: Jimmy has asked Chloe to marry him. We'll find out the answer to that question early on in the season. Chloe's love for Clark will never go away, but [those two] as a couple this year is pretty unlikely. All the "Chlark" fans out there will have to keep waiting.

TVGuide.com: Chloe has always been Clark's "go to" person when things get tough.
Swimmer: And that will continue. There are some changes ahead for her and some challenges she's going to face. There are also some romantic twists she'll deal with this year. She's definitely not going to be wanting for a date — [but] it may not be Clark.

TVGuide.com: Will we continue to see Chloe's meteor-freak powers?
Swimmer: She has powers, but they've changed. They won't manifest in the same way that they did before.

TVGuide.com: Chloe has struck such a chord with viewers that there's even fan fiction out there that has Lois dying and Chloe taking her cousin's name so that she would wind up becoming the woman in Clark's life.
Swimmer: Yes. There is that theory that Chloe is Lois, but she is not Lois. Lois is Lois, as crazy as that may seem. We hear the fans and we understand where that comes from. But unfortunately, it's not the way that the show is going.

TVGuide.com: Are you influenced by fan response on the Internet?
Swimmer: We definitely hear what the fans say and we can't help but be influenced by it, but I don't think that we're guided by it in the sense that we let it dictate anything, obviously. I don't think that fans would necessarily want that either. But we read it and we're in touch with what the fans are saying. They're our core fans. I think sometimes when somebody says they don't like something they still may find it entertaining, so we have to gauge how much of that is a response to the characters or a response to the way the story is being told.

TVGuide.com: Little touches like Chloe giving Jimmy a bowtie are a nice nod to fans who are familiar with the comic.
Swimmer: Yes. It's a year of challenges that Jimmy's going to have to go through. Chloe's going to have to go through them. Clark will, too. It's the year of "double identity." That's the theme. Clark's starting to understand he's got to have a double identity or he's not going to be able to move on with what his destiny is.

TVGuide.com: Might we see Clark with trademark dark-rimmed glasses?
Swimmer: No. [Pauses] Well, we may, but it won't be in the way that [you might expect].

TVGuide.com: We saw lots of Clark's Kryptonian background last year with his cousin Kara, mother Lara and Uncle Zor-El. Will we be seeing more of that influence this year?
Swimmer: I think we're moving away from the Kryptonian story. Last year we focused a lot on that and aspects of Clark's past. Clark can't escape his Kryptonian roots and that's definitely going to come back and haunt him this season, but this year will be more about moving forward with his destiny as becoming Superman in a way that we've never done before.

TVGuide.com: Helen Slater, Dean Cain, Margot Kidder.… So many actors from other Superman film and TV adaptations have guest-starred on Smallville. Do you have a wish list for this season?
Swimmer: Well, there's very few people left at this point [we haven't used]. We'd love to bring some of them back, but it's too early to talk in terms of scheduling. We're grateful to have had a chance to have all these great actors visit our show.

TVGuide.com: You're going into Season 8. Does it feel like there's no end in sight?
Swimmer: It's too soon to say. Eventually, Clark is going to become Superman, but he still has a ways to go before that happens. As long as the show keeps going, we want to see [his journey] continue.

Later this week, in Part 2: Smallville exec producers Brian Peterson and Todd Slavkin talk about the other friends (Lana!) and foes (Lex!) in Clark's life, and what their roles will be in Season 8.

probably another alternate reality episode/ dream in which Welling takes them off as fast as he can

 

[Guy Gardener]

Completely in the vein of St Elsewhere... Smallville is fake. It's a trap built by the Time trapper to destroy the legion of Super Heroes. Although, when you really get down to it, for the first couple years, wasn't Clark... Superboy Prime? Has Superboy Prime's rollicking over the last couple years been DC giving Smallville the Bird?

yeah its an interesting theory, but I think that ending is going to confuse a few people

Some people pay a lot of money to be confused.

They're called drug addicts and alcoholics.

I don't think any one would admit that they quit a show because it was too smart for them, but almost everyone would quit a show which was too simplistic and unchallengingly... Of course then there are the people who confuse the two.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Interesting interview...so they once again change something, this time Chloe's powers. I wonder what form they will take and how it will effect her rumored relationship with Doomsday. They're going away from the Kryptonian storyline...I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not. Does that mean the Fortress is completely destroyed and we won't be hearing from Jor-El any time soon? Clark will become Superman by another method that we're familar with? I'm still half and half about this season...some parts are interesting, most is big time meh.

 

[nx1701g]

^ It could just be... evolution...

 

[Admiral_Young]

That would be too much to hope for NX...

 

[Guy Gardener]

Remember the final season of Earth final conflict? Left field bullshit. Or the three year back step on Dallas? Then again even Coto taking over Enterprise, the change was fucking GLARING, but oppositely so.

The probable problem is that it's going to be too Smallville to bring in new punters who've already made up their mind, but then also be just different enough to alienate the more fickle fanatics.

 

[doubleohfive]

There was never a three year back-step on Dallas.

One season was revealed to be a dream, and before that it hadn't been as widely done, despite becoming the controversy it did. Big deal.

 

[nx1701g]

That would be too much to hope for NX...

I have a feeling you're right...

 

[Jack Bauer]

Ausiello/Entertainment Weekly

Any scoop on when Kristin Kreuk will be returning to Smallville? — Ian

Ausiello: Would you believe sweeps? Shocking, I know. According to exec producer Brian Wayne Peterson, who I cornered at The CW's press tour party last week, Kreuk's five-episode stint as Lana will kick off in early November. "She'll come back at a very inopportune time for Clark," he hints. In the meantime, while Ms. Lang's off "giving Clark some space," the man who would be Super will be growing closer to Lois. "They'll be working together this year at Daily Planet," Peterson says, "and some friction is going to come out of that." Not to mention several winks to classic Superman lore — beginning in the season premiere. Teases Peterson: "There might be a phone booth moment between the two of them."

Now that Al Gough and Miles Millar are gone from Smallville, will the new show-runners amend their "No flights, no tights" policy? — Jeremy

Ausiello: Um… hell, yeah! "We are respecting everything that Al and Miles have set up," offers Peterson, choosing his words carefully. "All I'll say is we can definitely guarantee that there are no tights."

Any other scoop about Smallville? — Patricia

Ausiello: Obviously, I wasn't going to cut Peterson lose without asking him about Smallville's most celebrated non-couple, Clark and Chloe. "We definitely touch on [her feelings for him]," he says. Adds fellow EP Todd Slavkin: "They've been best friends for a long time, and Clark would never get in the way of her pursuing her happiness. But oftentimes, feelings have a way of creeping in. That's all we'll say." Um, you've said more than enough, my friend. More than enough!

 

[Guy Gardener]

I wonder how the "war" in Indonesia is going?

 

[nx1701g]

Kristen is coming back during sweeps. Sad thing is that may drive ratings down.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The only reason I hate Lana other than mob mentality and peer pressure is that she was standing in the way of Clark and Chloe. Wasn't actually doing anything for him or to him, just standing there like some evil traffic cone of blandnness... And now! They're putting Lois in the same position. Soon I'm going to hate Lois because it should be Chloe that Clark is swearing his undying devotion to on bended knee not Oliver Queen's Girlfriend...

The draw back is that Chloe is too good for the Man of Tomorrow.

 

[nx1701g]

^

Spoiler: Something pseudorevealed

In the original screentests for Doomsday before he became a paramedic the person who he interacted with was Lois. She was complaining about the farmboy and that she was developing feelings for him and hated it.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Uh-Oh...Lana coming back during sweeps and at a very inopportune time for Clark? Oh boy more drama coming. I find the comments about Clark and Chloe and feelings having a creeping way in interesting. I wonder what all of this means. Wait I know...they're AMPING up the DRAMA for season eight! So no tights still...that combined with "we're taking Clark becoming Superman in a direction that has never been done before" (I know that isn't the exact quote) has me worried now.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Lois has been complaining about "that" since the beginning which is just an extension of Margot Kidder's interpretation of the character that she is the center of the universe. Of course Lois was imagining such a relationship, the presupposed infatuation really really pissed off Clark. You were there.

Something strange has to happen to break the platonic status quo of their friendship.

O.

Is Martha President or a Luthor yet?

 

[nx1701g]

^ Martha can no longer become a Luthor. The Luthor that was in love with her is dead. Then again didn't she win the MILF contest a few months ago?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Death cannot stop true love, all it can do is delay it for a little while.

 

[DarthPipes]

Great...I can look forward to five more episodes Clana angst.

They're still keeping the vain of Miles and Grough. Great...

Those two are the reason the show has been dragged down the past two seasons with the neverending emphais on Clana, Clark being a gutless coward who refuses to fulfill his destiny, etc

 

[DarthPipes]

Oh, great. I can look forward to five more episodes of Clana.

The fact that they are keeping true to Miles and Grough's vision is not promising. That vision is responsible for the neverending Clana angst, Clark being a gutless coward who refuses to accept his destiny, and the fact that every Kryptonian on Earth can fly except for Clark. That's really something a person should try to live up to.